Maycol
A masculine name of Latin origin, a variant of Michael meaning "who is like God?".
Name Census estimates that about 236 living Americans carry the first name Maycol. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Maycol today is around 10 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Maycol births was 2024 (32 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Maycol. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
236
~ 1 in 1,452,349 Americans
Peak year
2024
32 babies that year
Average age
10
years old
2024 SSA rank
#3,562
Tracked since 2002
Census
Maycol in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 432 people with the first name Maycol, which placed it at #22,880 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#22,880
National first-name rank
People counted
432
432 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
94.4% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Maycol
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Maycol is Hispanic at 94.4%. The next largest groups are White (4.4%) and Black (0.7%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Maycol described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Maycol at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino94.4% · 408
- White4.4% · 19
- Black or African American0.7% · 3
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.5% · 2
Popularity
Maycol: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Maycol from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2020s, with 91 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Maycol by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Maycol during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Maycols live
Origin
Meaning and history of Maycol
The name Maycol is a variant spelling of the male given name Michael, which has its origins in the Hebrew name Mikha'el. Mikha'el is derived from the Hebrew words "mi" meaning "who" and "ka'el" meaning "like God". Together, the name Michael can be interpreted as meaning "who is like God?".
The name Michael has been in use since ancient times, with its earliest recorded appearance dating back to the 8th century BC in the Book of Numbers in the Hebrew Bible. It was a popular name among Jews and later spread to other cultures and languages through the influence of Christianity and the veneration of the archangel Michael.
One of the earliest recorded bearers of the name Michael was Michael the Archangel, a powerful spiritual being mentioned in the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation in the Bible. Other notable Michaels from ancient times include Michael I, a Byzantine emperor who ruled from 811 to 813 AD, and Michael Psellos, a Byzantine philosopher and historian from the 11th century.
As the name Michael spread across Europe and beyond, various spelling variations emerged, including Maycol. This particular spelling is believed to have originated in Spanish-speaking regions, possibly as a result of the influence of Catalan or other regional languages.
One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name Maycol was Maycol Calderón, a Colombian footballer born in 1982. Other notable bearers of the name include Maycol Torres, a Venezuelan cyclist born in 1990, and Maycol Coronado, a Mexican actor born in 1992.
While the name Maycol is less common than the traditional spelling of Michael, it has been used throughout history as a variant form, reflecting the cultural and linguistic diversity of the name's origins and evolution over time.
People
Maycol + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Maycol as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with M
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Maycol: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Maycol?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 236 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Maycol going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,452,349 US residents.
Is Maycol a common name?
We classify Maycol as "Very Rare". It ranks above 76.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 238 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Maycol most popular?
The single biggest year for Maycol was 2024, when 32 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Maycol is about 10 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Maycol in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 432 people with the name Maycol, or 0.14 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #22,880 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Maycol in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Maycol?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Maycol appears almost entirely male. Of the 434 people counted with this name, 99.8% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Maycol?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Maycol is Hispanic at 94.4%. The next largest groups are White (4.4%) and Black (0.7%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Maycol most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Maycol in the 2020 Census, accounting for 94.4% (408 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Maycol in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Maycol a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Maycol in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Maycol still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Maycol in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Maycol can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Maycol?
See how many people have the name Maycol on HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site built around that single question.